Institute Of Business Administration (Iba), Rajshahi University

History Of IBA RU: In Bangladesh, the business education at North American style began during the sixties with the collaboration of some North American Universities. With the same enthusiasm, the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Rajshahi University was established under the 7th statute of the University in North-South region of Bangladesh. The Institute of Business Administration is one of the five Institutes of Rajshahi University. It started its journey in the year 2000 and academic activities began with an MBA (Evening) Program in 2002. In response to the increasing demand for business education three more MBA programs –  , Executive MBA Program and MBA for BBA Graduates Program have been launched by the institute and the Ph.D. and M. Phil. program were introduced in 2006. Each Program consists of a sweet combination of fresh students and professionals at mid and top-level executives in the private sector and state-owned organizations. The MBA Program is well structured, based on a time frame and completely free from session jam. The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) is one of the five Institutes of Rajshahi University. The Institute of Business Administration of Rajshahi University is the second of its type at public universities in Bangladesh. IBA of Dhaka University has set an example of academic excellence in Bangladesh. IBA of Rajshahi University also set goal to achieve a prestigious position in the country and beyond. But the task is not so easy. It started its journey as an institute in the year 2000. Academic activities of the institute began in 2002 with the inception of MBA (Evening) program. At present the Institute has four streams of MBA program and another stream of M.Phil./ Ph.D program. Most of the students of this program are mid level and top-level executives in private sector and state owned organizations. The BBA program was started in 2015 at the Institute.